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Robert A. Heinlein. Rocket Ship Galileo....
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Description
Robert A. Heinlein. Rocket Ship Galileo. Illustrated by Thomas W. Voter. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1947].First edition. Octavo. 212 pages. Illustrations within the text.
Printer's black cloth covers with illustration stamped in aqua on the front cover and the spine lettered in aqua. First state illustrated dust jacket with the $2.00 price on front flap. Yellow endpapers. Slight shelf wear to head and foot of spine, minor rubbing to front cover, dust jacket slightly soiled. Altogether a very good copy.
Although the project was initially rejected by many publishers due to the eccentric idea of going to the moon, Rocket Ship Galileo became the first of Heinlein's juvenile series published by Scribner's between 1947 and 1958.
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2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
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